Field shooting

Field-shooting or terrain-shooting (Danish: terrænskydning,[1] Norwegian: feltskyting,[2][3] Swedish: fältskytte[4][5]) refer to a set of pistol and rifle shooting sport disciplines that usually are shot from temporary shooting ranges in the terrain at varying (and sometimes unknown) distances, rather than at permanent shooting ranges at fixed distances.

Handgun field-shooting in Arendal, Norway, 2007.
Rifle field-shooting in Sweden, 2012.
Rifle field-shooting at the Norwegian Landsskytterstevnet in 2007.

Some examples of Field-Shooting disciplines are:

  • Swiss field shooting under the Swiss Shooting Sport Federation. The annual championship has been held for over 130 years, and is shot at the same time in several decentralized locations gathering up to 135,000 participants, perhaps making this event the largest shooting competition in the world
  • Precision rifle competitions, like the Precision Rifle Series (PRS), is both a field and long range shooting discipline where rifles with intermediate or battle rifle cartridges are shot in the terrain at varying distances from about 10 to 1000 meters.
  • Field target is an outdoor air gun discipline originating in the United Kingdom, but gaining popularity worldwide.

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